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Technology assessment of changes in the future use and characteristics of the automobile transportation system. Volume 2 : technical report
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1979-02-01
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TRIS Online Accession Number:00198034
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NTL Classification:NTL-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION;NTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Air Quality;NTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Environment Impacts;NTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Transit Energy and Environment;NTL-ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-Transit Economics and Finance;NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Transit Planning and Policy;NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Travel Demand;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Vehicle Design;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety;NTL-LAWS AND REGULATIONS-Federal Standards and Rules;
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Abstract:This assessment of the automobile transportation system examines the automobile as a mode of personal transportation and considers issues and policy options pertaining to vehicles, highways, and related industries, services, and institutions. The assessment was authorized in February 1976 by the Technology Assessment Board, which approved a program to: "Assess the changes in the future use and characteristics of the automobile transportation system in the near term (to 1985) and the long term (to 2000 and beyond)."The report consists of three parts. The first part contains background information, a description of the elements of the automobile transportation system, Base Case projections, and delineation of the policy alternatives that were considered. These chapters provide a baseline of present and future automobile system characteristics that serve as the frame of reference for policy analysis. The second part of the report contains analyses of policy options in each of the five issue areas: energy, environment, safety, mobility, and cost and capital. Each chapter is similarly organized and contains a discussion of issues, a summary of present policy, a statement of policy options, and analysis of effects and impacts. The third part of the report is a survey of expected technological developments in the near term (through 1985) and in the far term (to 2000 and beyond). A summary of major findings and a detailed table of contents is included in each chapter. The link in this record leads to a Table of Contents for this document in hypertext that will allow the user to view in .pdf format the entire document (373p., 11237K) or selected sections.
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